Yes, we're still alive...

I have done nothing with our blog for a long time with the exception of chaning our background so I figured it was probably time for a post. Here's what we've been up to....

My sister and brother in-law hosted a Murder Mystery party...Jake was a 1920's golfer and I was a 1920's reporter. (Remember I'm 6 1/2 months pregnant in this picture and not a big heifer).

Isaac had several Dracula nights where we'd find his crib sheet rather bloody in the mornings when he woke up. This picture was taken on the worst day. I put him down for his nap, heard him just talking away, looked on the monitor to see him just sitting in his bed. I figured he wasn't going to go to sleep so I just went in and got him. This is how I found him. He didn't seem to be in pain. We never did figure out what it was from-most likley his teeth? It's stopped now so no more worries.

The Saturday after Thanksgiving we went Christmas tree shopping. I wasn't all that impressed with our choices because we needed a small tree and anything that was close to small was already sold (it was only one week after the place had opened!!!). We finally decided on this one. It's a little larger than I would have liked, but it's a nice tree nonetheless. I'll try to get a picture of it all decorated put on soon. Isaac even saw Santa-with no tears!

As far as baby updates...baby is fine and growing well. She kicks like a maniac soccer player. Rather than kicking my ribs like Isaac did she has a way of sticking some part of her little body under my hip bone. Nice, huh? Still no name-not even close! And as far as all those sewing projects that need to be done in less than 2 months-well, they're all started in one form or another. Hopefully within the next few weeks I'll have before and after pictures of the nursery as it goes from "Fly Fishing" to "Polka Dots and Stripes."

Pregnancy Updates

Good news...I passed my icky Glucose Test! I must say I was very relieved when I got there and found out I only had to drink the stuff once. For some reason I was thinking that I had to drink it every hour. Not sure where that idea came from. The blood draws weren't bad-there was a student there doing it and that made me rather nervous, but she did great. In fact, the real phlebotomist did one and it hurt the most and left the largest bruise! Also...my Dr. did an unexpected ultrasound yesterday and it is-for sure-a girl! Now on with all those projects I've been putting off until this was confirmed. This baby is looking to be even smaller than Isaac was (he was 6lbs. 110z.) which is somewhat expected being a girl. Guess I better start stocking up on all those preemie clothes....good thing I have a niece who was a twin and was born in February as well who may be willing to lend some of her clothes to this little one (*hint*hint*Stephanie). No, we still don't have a name. In fact, we're not even making progress with choosing a name. Two and half months to decide still-plenty of time, right? Sorry there's no real pictures-I'd scan the ultrasound "girl" picture but it's not really anything exciting. Here's a picture of me during my test...

Time for a Post

Well....I was just reading through everyone's recent posts and decided I ought to post something myself. Unfortunately, I have no pictures of Isaac to post other than really old ones. It's not an anniversary of any kind so nothing there to post about.

So I thought I pre-post about tomorrow. Drum roll, please....Glucose Tolerance Test Day! Woohoo! Actually, BooHoo!!!! Let's just say no one looks forward to sitting at the hospital for 4 hours being 6 1/2 months pregnant with an empty stomach except for that awful orange poison, I mean drink. Here's some more reasons it will be not-so-fun for me:

1. I woke up this morning with a very mild, but still existent, head cold. Maybe that will mute the taste a little, right?

2. I have to be at the hospital at 7:45-which means I have to be up at probably 6:15. I can do mornings, but getting up for this? I'd rather not.

3. I like to be productive and I'd rather do this whole thing at home (I know it's not an option) so I can be working on something rather than just sitting and reading. I'm actually thinking of taking my laptop and all my recipes to type up and get into one unified form or another.

4. I do not like pop because of the carbonation and I do not like orange juice, Sunny D, Sunkist, etc. Should be a tasty morning, huh?

Alright, I think that's enough being whiny for now. I'm sure it will be fine and I know I'll survive, but I didn't have anything else to post about...sorry if you're disappointed!

Tags

I have 2 tags that I need to do....so here they are:

The first one is the 8 Things Tag:

8 Favorite TV Shows(In no particular order)

1. Clean House
2. Survivor
3. Amazing Race
4. Family Feud
5. America’s Funniest Videos
6. Wipeout
7. What Not to Wear
8. The Office

8 Things I Did Yesterday

1. Woke up at 6:00am
2. Made breakfast for my family (Biscuits and gravy for Jake, breakfast burrito for me, sausage and a yogurt smoothie for Isaac)
3. Stopped at Nobbies and Bed Bath & Beyond for a few last minute items for my family holiday party
4. Played with my bubba
5. Went to our Primary Activity/Sacrament Meeting Program Practice
6. Ate….A LOT!!
7. Watched Jake whoop up on my uncle at Wii Baseball
8. Thanked Heavenly Father that Isaac was finally asleep on the way home (up at 6am and no nap plus Mommy leaving him for 3 hours=a VERY long and cranky day!)

8 Things to Look Forward to

1. February 10th(ish)
2. Thanksgiving
3. Christmas
4. Taking my sons (and some daughters too!) to the MTC
5. Being a wise Mom
6. Another family vacation-maybe to DC in the Spring?
7. 4:00 today-the Primary Program will be over (don’t get me wrong, I love it-it’s just a lot of work!)
8. Setting out my Christmas decorations and decorating the tree

8 Favorite Restaurants

1. Cheesecake Factory
2. Panera Bread
3. Olive Garden
4. PF Changs
5. That Italian place next to PF Changs….can’t think of the name
6. Joe’s Crab Shack (though I HATE all their nasty-implying shirts)
7. Pizza Hut (lunch buffet especially!)
8. Dairy Queen actually has some yummy food in addition to their ice cream

8 Things on My Wish List (to someday accomplish)

1. Paint the window trim in the kitchen
2. Hang blinds in the kitchen windows
3. Buy a headboard for our bedroom
4. Finish finishing the basement
5. Have a sewing/craft/scrapbook room (not just a corner in the kitchen)
6. Paint the trim on the outside of our house
7. Have a house with enough bedrooms and bathrooms for all my kids, with an open kitchen with 2 dishwashers, an attached garage, fireplace, and a fenced backyard
8. Have a year’s worth of food storage

8 People I Tag

1. You
2. Anyone
3. The person reading this
4. My friend
5. My other friend
6. My family member
7. My other family member
8. Somebody else

And the other is a picture tag....Post the 6th picture in your 6th folder and tell about it:

Alright, this is kind of lame because I just posted this picture with all my Halloween posts. This is me and Isaac at Howell's Pumpkin Patch. Really couldn't tell you what he's so surprised about, but he's pretty darn cute, huh?

Baby Update

Alright, so I've now had 3 inconclusive ultrasounds as to whether we're having a girl or a boy. My doctor is still 75% sure it's a girl-he's not seeing anything to make him think it's a boy. Still haven't gone on a pink shopping spree, just adding a few outfits and things every now and then. He'll do another ultrasound the beginning of December to be sure baby is not too small (I make small babies, so my doctor says). We're all hoping to know for sure by then. I have lots of sewing to do as soon as we know for sure it's a girl...making the nursery gender neutral (which basically means making new curtains-just a couple hours for that project) and sewing a blessing gown. That will certainly be my biggest and most time consuming job. Here's the hardest part-emotionally anyways-I am going to cut a piece from my wedding dress to sew into the gown. I just love my dress so much-if I could wear it to church on Sundays I honestly would. Oh well...a $600 dress worn twice should be put to use as much as possible, right?!?! (Note how I'm really still trying to convince myself to take scissors to my beloved wedding dress). And the last (and most poopy!!!) part of this update is that I failed my glucose test. I know get to go do the 3 hour test at the hospital in a week and a half or so. Should be great fun. I hate drinking that stuff-why can't they just the test with non-carbonated, non-orange flavored stuff? The carbonation is really what gets me. Ick! Wish me luck! I hope it doesn't sound like I'm complaining about any of this...I'm really very blessed to have had a healthy pregnancy and no morning sickness of any kind. Hopefully baby and I will both continue to be healthy and I'll pass my next glucose test! :)

TOFW

So this will be a no-pictures-of-Jenn-post because Jake had our camera this day. I went to Omaha the last weekend in October with my mom, sisters in-law, and Jake's mom and grandma. We attended Time Out For Women. It was awesome! There were so many great presenters-both musical and just speaking. There was even a little store set up-a mini Deseret Book if you will. It was fantastic-so glad I was able to go! We are planning on going next year to Minneapolis. TOFW and Mall of America-can it get any better than that!?!?!

Jake came over to Omaha as well and he and Josh took Isaac and Kyler to the Children's Museum (among other stops at Cabela's and Bass Pro Shop). Here are some pictures of my little guy on his outing with Daddy! (There would be more pictures if I had been there, sorry for the lack, Jake said it was a great museum and that we'll have to go back when Isaac is a little older). Jake said one of the coolest things there was a fog/bubble maker. Appearantly, there is bubble maker that fills the bubbles with fog so they're really easy to see and much heavier than usual. You can kind of get the idea in the video.

Howell's Pumpkin Patch

Earlier in October we went with Jake's family to Howell's Pumpkin Patch. It was really a lot of fun despite being a little warm for a Fall activity. Isaac's favorite part was the corn box. I really think Jake should make one for Isaac-he played in it for so long. Jake thought it was great that he could bury Isaac in the corn and he didn't even seem to notice...although I did when I changed him a couple hours later and he had corn in the cuffs of his pants and the waist of his diaper! There was also a corn maze where we saw tons of little orange and black caterpillars. We opted for an Isaac-sized pumpkin...picked by Jake himself. It was the first real pumpkin patch we've been to and it may become an annual tradition...only time will tell!